Mauritius, Chagos Islands

Britain could hand Mauritius hundreds of millions to secure Chagos Islands deal
Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal...
UK Weighs Front-Loading Payments for Mauritius in Chagos Deal
The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos islands, including a key UK-US military base, to the Indian Ocean nation.
Keir Starmer's Chagos Islands deal may be doomed as Mauritius demands more money
Sir Keir Starmer's deal with the Mauritian government for the Chagos Islands may be about to hit the buffers after the country's Deputy Prime Minister suggested that the UK may need to pay more to lease the territory.
Chagos Deal Talks Not Only Over Finances: Mauritius
Resumed negotiations over a proposed deal to return the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius from Britain are not solely over financial compensation, the premier and a government official have said.
UK offers to frontload payments in Chagos Islands talks
The UK government has offered to frontload a tranche of payments to Mauritius in order to finalise the draft deal over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, according to people familiar with the talks.
UK offers to FRONTLOAD Mauritius payments to conclude Chagos Islands deal before Trump inauguration
The UK has offered to frontload payments to Mauritius in a bid to finalise the contentious Chagos Islands deal before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. Britain is offering to pay several years' worth of the £90million annual lease payments upfront for Diego Garcia,
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Chagos Archipelago Deal: Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Is Not Required by International Law
International Court of Justice advisory opinion (2019) In 2019, the ICJ rendered an Advisory Opinion on the legal status of the Chagos Archipelago. The opinion had three main conclusions. First, ...
Former Navy chief urges Starmer to abandon ‘irresponsible’ Chagos deal
Admiral Lord West of Spithead says ‘it’s difficult to fathom’ why Labour has decided to cede control of a strategic ...
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Labour 'offering to pay Mauritius nearly £9bn' in Chagos Islands deal
Labour is offering to pay Mauritius about £ ... deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, it has emerged. The ...
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New Mauritius government questions the Chagos archipelago agreement, “not enough benefits for our country”
The Chagos archipelago and the Diego Garcia base are strategically located in the Indian Ocean, and the West is fearful they could fall under the influence of a pro-China Mauritius ...
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Keir Starmer could still walk away from the Chagos deal
When Sir Keir Starmer announced in October that he had reached an agreement with Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the ...
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No easy courses for Chagos consensus on sovereignty and security
The United Kingdom’s (UK) October agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius appeared to address longstanding international legal issues surrounding decolonisation ...
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Ongoing UK/new Mauritius government talks to finalize Chagos archipelago deal
The British Foreign Office has reported that “the Republic of Mauritius and the UK have ... on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Further on it said “both countries ...
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Mauritius demands £800million a year and billions in reparations for controversial Chagos Islands deal
Sir Keir Starmer has been facing calls to abandon his surrender of the archipelago after Mauritius’ new government ... the largest of the Chagos atolls. But a source familiar with the talks ...
Prioritise cash for UK military over Mauritian demands on Chagos, say Tories
The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...